PILOT WAS MEDICALLY UNFIT?
The Captain was not fit to fly.How do I know this?.The FO on the crash flight(and many other FOs on the MD80 fleet at the time) who flew with him over the preceding months prior to the crash had noticed that the crash PIC had a habit of falling asleep (slumping over the controls) mainly in the afternoons and it might be reasonable to assume that this was some kind of low-blood-sugar issue, but im not a doctor, im a mechanic.On at least one occasion, according to some low houred FOs he flew with, he slumped over(passed out) WHILE ON THE RUNWAY DURING TAKEOFF when he was the pilot flying!
How you might ask, did he renew his medical certificate?.Well your guess is as good as mine, but it was renewed regularly back in his home town of Jakarta..........He is not here to defend himself, and maybe too late for an autopsy to confirm this condition, but the management of OX was fully aware of this issue im reliably informed and responded by......promoting him to Chief Pilot (Udom approved this).......go figure.